On this month’s episode Abby Ehler chats to Sam Davies, former skipper of Team SCA/ Volvo Ocean Race sailor who is vying for the 2020 Vendee Globe Race, Elodie Mettraux,  also former Team SCA/Volvo Ocean Race sailor and recent Tour Voile competitor, and Josie Glidden, recently crowned Moth European Women’s Champion.  They discuss the events that these sailors have been involved in, including Sam’s recent win in the IMOCA class of the Drheam Cup as well as the pathways into offshore shorthanded sailing, highlighting the rising female stars.  They also chat about the Tour Voile and Moth sailing;  the classes of boat and skill-sets involved in these varying disciplines of sailing.  And later on in the show they share the proposed double handed, offshore class that is currently under review as an Olympic category, which they feel could really help to bridge the gap from Olympic dinghy sailing to the keelboat and offshore leagues.

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U.S. Eventer Lynn Symansky has been selected for the World Equestrian Games with her long-time partner the 15 year old Thoroughbred Donner owned by The Donner Syndicate. Lynn is no stranger to the team having been a member of the gold medal winning team at the 2011 Pan American Games and the 2015 Aachen Nations Cup team. She was the traveling reserve for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and this world championship will be her second so she is determined to improve on that performance  where they finished down the order after a couple of blips on cross country. In addition to her team performances, Lynn has competed at the Kentucky CCI4* where they finished 6th this spring as well as Badminton, Burghley and Pau. With Donner the Deer, as he is often referred to, Lynn has an experienced partnership and she knows how to get the best of him on any given day. But he has not always been easy and it takes careful nurturing to fine tune the deer. Chris Stafford chatted to Lynn at her home in Virginia in the final countdown to the games.

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Maricarmen offers different ways to help you lose starting with goal setting, explaining that you have to have the willpower and commitment much as you do in life and especially as an athlete. Holistic nutrition is about much more than just food. Eating whole foods and avoiding processed food is key to success as is making the time to do grocery shopping and prepare food to avoid grazing and eating what's in the fridge when you''re hungry and in a hurry. It's also important to understand muscle and macros and how these individual factors play a role in your metabolism. 

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